Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-02
NY HERALD.
/ FRUIT MARKET.
n Crop of ApricOts and
eeaches this Year.
)kYEKS IN OPERATION
,jTwenty Million Pounds Of
Z Raisins to be Packed
This Season.

10 fhI ~ ~ ncdsou Is just doout W Opeu anu
p1artFations are being made to handle the
y Pnse crop, which has been raised in
IN portion of the country. Last year most
and pc summer fruits used here were
Voun1sht down from the northern part Of
but this season there has been
Pgh and to spare, If the indications hold
: until the crop is ready for market.
apricot crop is reported to be very
!JysEe and the peach trees in this neighbor-
!. Pd are laden with ripening fruit SO that
! d. re will be enough and to spare. There
~ be comparatively little of the best fruit
'e4or pug at into this market for the reason that
,dmue prices obtained will not be such as will
Iuee the growers The main trouble ap..
oper1 o46fed to permit of good prices being OBJ
ne tkybo for the better class of goods. 1t is
es In " tys the case in every community that
overabundance OF poor fruit spoils the
imperoe for the good. Growers who take pains
10. 900 produce nothing but the best varieties
hera en- they market their fruit find it brought
WHish the msrtss 1ns pS0fei is srsuss suss
ko be overloaded. The consequence
that lover prices ilpreyail than
eosoS Of 9s the prefer
81 g dry the fruit ana sell afterwards. To
snls end Preparations are being made by
"a asdny @ Of the principal growers Of apricots
~ their best fruit, aud If anything is mar
Ireror7d tfesh II will be the poorer grades and
Slsude OF the crop are, therefore. all that
Al ean be obtained at present, for no great ar
ssnSements are being made 70 ship to this
- counties adjoining, buying peaches aud
Aprtcots, and very shortly they will be at
voek on both varieties. The grape yield in
nprs d some doubt as yet as to whether
f\ny shipments will be made, for several
Le ions. In the first place, it is not yet
ma injured in the northern part of the
tnce' tlthough 1t is known that some dam.
ao|es caused by the late frosts and
U te are sHs cureafied. aRSsDs then there may b
II to ship with profit from here; but
8nfVthere is good profit to be obtained
s s%s ns sss spSppers any Ss
ehi.os for profitable sales are very
s 81 having :1S Carload sSi In
kass Il too great to encourage the shippers
% operate to any great extent. The ship.
tom here complain considerably OF some OF
El he consignees ct the East who do not seem
Al % be actuated by motives of the greatest
&tuit, etc, are sent East on an order from
4 some dealer. but. the market having de.
~ ciined at the objective point, the merchant
w ordering refuses to accept the lot, on the
|iyj ground that It came too late to be of use
i ~ on foot to have the fruit inspected by some
Ewns cars before it leaves, and then If the
name on i The S black list, Ii which viii be cir
cat the State Some steps Of this kind will
IN the East. and connne the trade to more
responsible channels. Porter Brothers
stale thar they are considering the project
epPng gucS esser ps1 and safer handed
when dried, and do not appear to be anx.
ious to undertake this business to any great
extent. At present, business with i5 them ds is
. carload OF West Indian bananas in very
short time, and at prices which are con-
sldered quite advantageous. In, In their .nas busy
lime and lemon crop is marketed this hrm
employs about forty horses for hauling pur-
poses. hut at present not half that number
Hr. George H. Meade has just re-
turned from visit to the East where he
= has been endeavoring TO make sstisfac-
] gard to rates for fruit He is expected here
~ shortly and while in Chicago said that the
.su tremendous product of California. which
II must and an outlet through the East, Will
compel satisfactory arrangement of some
49, Id. and he was satisfied that should the
uul mmission fail to come to the relief OF the
men 70 the railroads will stand by them
er ht it out In the courts. The Cana
hem aeifc can take care Of all except
init fruits and the railroads are not going
bey .ow that road to scoop in all the bust.
n n ! Only about eight per cent OF the mer-
tts in the State are In favor OF having
law enforced and that proportion are
engaged in manufacturing The other
ninety-two per cent are interested In the
millions of pounds of the products of the
State which must be moved eastward and
are dependent upon satisfactory freight
arrangements to place them in the easter
markets He estimated the coming pack
of raicsns at ]. 600 900 boxes of 20 pounds
each, against 10000 boxes last year; A A
6earipR this year, and 1t Is not unlikely
that this estimate will be fonpd too small.
The packing of raisins is commenced about
the LIST of September, and by about the 10th
of October the shipping commences.
new departure is likely to be made this
year Ia the packing of raisins. OF the 80
carloads ordered Ave cars are to be packed
with paper boxes. 1t would seem that this
might be an improvement, II properly car.
ried out. 1t will be given fair trial at any
rate, and for this part of the county, might
prove saving to the packera